BRENDAN RODGERS has handed the central striking role to Daizen Maeda as Celtic prepare for the £40million shoot-out with Kairat Almaty in the second leg of the Champions League play-off in Kazakhstan this evening.
The Japanese speedster has been brought in from the wing to lead the front line with James Forrest and Yang Hyun-jun on the flanks.
The Hoops fired blanks in last week’s frustrating scoreless stalemate and urgently require a cutting edge this time out.
Cameron Carter-Vickers, Kieran Tierney and Reo Hatate, who were rested in the 3-0 win over Livingston at the weekend, all return.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Tierney; Nygren, McGregor, Hatate; Forrest, Maeda, Yang. Subs: Sinisalo, Doohan, Simpson-Pusey, Idah, McCowan, Yamada, Osmand, Kenny, Engels, Bernardo, Murray and Donovan.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about Celtic’s European adventures in the 21st Century in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
THE OLD ONE-TWO…Henrik Larsson slots the ball past Blackburn Rovers keeper Brad Friedl to open the scoring at Ewood Park and (below) Chris Sutton thumps in a header for the second goal. (See Question 1.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Who scored Celtic’s goals in the 2-0 success over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on the team’s way to the UEFA Cup Final in Seville in 2003?
2: Who was the Celtic goalkeeper when Martin O’Neill’s side drew 0-0 with Spanish giants Barcelona at the Nou Camp Stadium the following year?
3: The Hoops won the first leg 1-0 at Parkhead. Who was the team’s marksman?
4: Celtic earned a 1-1 draw with Manchester City at The Etihad in the Champions League group stages in 2016/17. Can you remember the Hoops scorer?
5: Martin O’Neill’s side were in rampant form when they hammered Anderlecht 3-0 in Brussels in the following campaign. Who were the goal heroes?
ANSWERS:
1: Henrik Larsson and Chris Sutton.
2: David Marshall.
3: Alan Thompson.
4: Patrick Roberts, who was on loan from Manchester City!
5: Leigh Griffiths, Patrick Roberts and Scott Sinclair.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
* DON’T miss the unbeatable match report from Kairat Almaty v Celtic tonight – only in your champion CQN.
